Sri Lankan Christians launched website as attacks, bills threaten them

New Delhi: A group of concerned Sri Lankan Christian citizens have come together and launched their website i.e www.srilankanchristians.com to make known their grievances worldwide as the government's anti–conversion bill is being challenged by Christians in the Island nation.

The website announces, "Sri Lankan Christians.com consists of a group of concerned Christian citizens from a variety of ethnic traditions and diverse denominations."

"We have come together for the common purpose of ensuring freedom of religion, worship and practice for Christians in Sri Lanka and to be a voice for those whose rights are violated," it added.

The website said that Religious liberty is threatened in Sri Lanka like never before. While acts of violence against Christians have escalated, political leaders lobby for legislation restricting the freedom to change one's religion; a right guaranteed in Article 18 of the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights, of which Sri Lanka is a signatory. Sri Lankan Christians of all denominations and ethnicity are deeply concerned about these developments in our homeland.